Our Completed Projects for the 2024–2025 Term under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A Undergraduate Research Program

COMPLETED 2209A TÜBİTAK UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PROJECTS FOR THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR

• Principal Investigator: Cansu Karagedik, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ranan Gülhan Aktaş – Research Specialist Gamze Demirel, Project Title: The Effect of Increasing Cell Density Using a 3D Tissue Scaffold Containing Extracellular Matrix Components on Apoptosis
• Principal Investigator: İbrahim Aboumatter, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ranan Gülhan Aktaş - Senior Researcher Gamze Demirel, Project Title: Investigation of the Effect of Alginate, a Synthetic Matrix Polymer, on the Motility of Liver Cancer Cells in 2D and 3D Cell Culture Environments via Actin Protein Localization
• Project Team: İpek Arkun, Sama Najm Abed Abed - Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ranan Gülhan Aktaş - Senior Researcher Gamze Demirel, Project Title: The Effect of P53 and Bcl-2 Activities in HepG2 Cells Growing Within a Three-Dimensional Tissue Scaffold Model Prepared Using Gelatin and PEG on Apoptosis
• Project Team: Göktuğ Mert Kurtoğlu, Ramila Ejlali, Eda Ulukan, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ranan Gülhan Aktaş - Senior Researcher: Gamze Demirel, Project Title: The Effect of Increasing Cell Density Using Biodegradable 3D Tissue Scaffolds on Apoptosis
• Lead Student: Sina Hassannejad, Advisor: Dr. Zeynep Akbulut - Project Title: Investigation of the Effect of Metformin on Proliferation and Lipid Mechanisms in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Cultured in the Presence of Type I Collagen